Merav Shinn Ben-Alon
קורות חיים בעברית
Education
2009-2013 M.A. (with honors), The Interdisciplinary Program in the Arts,
The Yolanda and David Katz Faculty of the Arts, Tel Aviv University
1990-1991 The New York Studio School, NYC
1986-1990 B.F.A. (with honors), Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem
Solo & Collaborations
2025 The Jewish Hospital, Liebling Haus, Tel Aviv
2023 It's Hard To Forget A Name Like That, Alfred Gallery, Tel Aviv
2023 In Recent Months, Hamiffal Gallery, Jerusalem
2022 The Ever Changing Past, Solo Show, Art Gallery Givat Haim Ihud
2019 Zusammen,Project, Merav Shinn Ben-Alon & Janine Gerber ,Minshar Gallery, Tel Aviv
2018 Zusammen//Together, Merav Shinn Ben-Alon & Janine Gerber ,Gallery K70, Lubeck Germany
2015 Five Walls, Ha' kibbutz - Israeli Art Gallery, Tel-Aviv
2008 The Red Time, Gallery 10 at Beit- Michal, Rehovot
2005 Home, The Gallery at Tmuna Theatre, Tel-Aviv
2003 Collaborators with Ram Samocha at the Museum of Art, Ein Harod
Good Night Sleep Well, Nachshon Gallery, Kibbutz Nachshon
2002 Stories in the Hallway ( installation & performance) The Gallery at Tmuna Theatre , Tel-Aviv
1999 Between the Studio and Someplace Else, Dafna Na’or Contemporary Art, Jerusalem
1997 On the Floor ( painting installation) Office in Tel-Aviv Gallery, Tel-Aviv
1996 Solo Exhibition, The Borochov Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Curator; Ilana Tenenbaum (Cat.)
1993 Nidbach Program, The Jerusa;em Artists’ House, Jerusalem, Curator; Yitzhak Livneh
1992 The Undated and the Next of 1991, The studio on 22nd Leroy St, NYC
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 Rishumon, 51 Gallery, Modiin
2021 Karola's Dolls, ZUZU Gallery, Emek Hefer
Wide Load, The Gallery for Israeli Art at The Tivon Memorial center, Tivon
The secret of Reduction, The Artists' House, Tel-Aviv
2019 Transparent, Xpon-Art Gallery, Hamburg
2018 Syntax Error, Lewisham Arthouse, London
Photopoetics #8, Musrara School of Art Galleries, Jerusalem
From The Artist's Diary, Hermann Struck Museum, Haifa
2017 Red, Mark Rothko Art Centre, Daugavpils, Latvia
Water, Heart Face, Curatort: Avital Naor Wexler, The Jerusalem Biennale 2017
Full Wagon, Curators: Neta Haber & Ayelet Herzwolf, The Art Space at Beit Hankin, Kfar Yehoshua
2016 NordArt International Art Exhibition,Israeli Pavilion, Büdelsdorf, Germany
Wire(less) Connections, The Ruth Youth Wing for Art Education, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Being is Parting, Hanina Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv
2015 The Exhibition of 'The International Symposium Mark Rothko 2015” , Daugavpils, Latvia
And The Winners Are, Tel-Aviv Museum of Art, Tel-Aviv
2013 The Ready Made Centennial, Haifa Museum of Art, Curator: Ruti Direktor
2012 Teachers, the Trump Foundation in collaboration with Musrara, The Naggar School of Photography,
Media & New Music, at Peila, Amiad Center, Jaffa
2011 Curators & Co., Petach-Tikva Museum of Art, Curator: Revital Ben-Asher Peretz
2010 Spacing, Wizo Gallery, The NB Haifa School of Design, Haifa
And You Have Nothing That Has No Place, The Artists’ House, Tel Aviv (Cat.)
2007 See Not / Fear Not , Umm el Fahem Gallery, Umm el Fahem, Curator; Moran Shoub
2006 The Winners, Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport award Winners in Art and Design,
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem (Cat.)
2003 Art of the Land // Art Festival at Reading Power Station, Tel Aviv, Curator: Ruti Direktor
2001 Hands, The Ruth Youth Wing for Art Education, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
2000 Magazine Camp 2000 ,Watari Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo
1999 Brief Moment, Limbus Gallery, Tel-Aviv
1996 The Loaded Part of the Sign I II III, Ami Steinitz Contemporary Art, Tel-Aviv
37 Danish & Foreign Artists Collaborate, Zenit Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark (Cat.)
1994 Painting Above and Beyond, The Museum Of Israeli Art, Ramat Gan, Curator: Dr. Aim Deuelle Lusky (Cat.)
Flags, Omanut La'am, The Visual Arts Department, Ashdod Museum of Art, Ashdod (Cat.)
1993 Collectors’ Show, The Century Association, NYC
1992 Small Works, 16th Annual Competition Exhibition, 80 Washington Square East Galleries, NYC
1989 Sharett Scholarship for Young Israeli Artists, Grant Winners Exhibition, Tel-Aviv Museum of Art
Awards & Residencies
2025 Artis - Residency Grant to support a residency at the Cité internationale des arts, Paris
2025 Cité internationale des arts, Paris, Artist residency
2021 Support for publication of the artist book / graphic novelIla 'Venice' from The Israel
Lottery Council for Culture & Arts
KuBa: Kulturbahnhof, Artist-in-Residence program, Klein Warnow, Germany
2019 support for publication of the artist book/ graphic novelIla 'Five Legs' from the Foundation
for Independent Artists Established by the Ministry of Culture and sport,
2018 Support for publication of the artist book / graphic novelIla 'Five Legs' from The Israel
Lottery Council for Culture & Arts
Exhibition support, The Arts Department, Culture Division of Tel-Aviv-Yafo Municipality
and the Yehoshua Rabinovich. Foundation for the Arts, Tel-Aviv
2016 Study trip to Warsaw Gallery Weekend, invitation of The Polish Institute Tel-Aviv
2015 Artist Residency Program, “Mark Rothko 2015” International Painting Symposium,
Mark Rothko Art Centre, Daugavpils Latvia
Artist Residency Program, Art & Architecture Arad, Arad
2014 Creativity Encouragement Award, The Ministry of Culture and Sport, israel
Exhibition support, The Arts Department, Culture Division of Tel-Aviv-Yafo Municipality
and the Yehoshua Rabinovich. Foundation for the Arts, Tel-Aviv
2013 Studio space scholarship at The Tel-Aviv Artist's Studios, Tel-Aviv
2005 Creativity Encouragement Award, The Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport, Israel
2003 Catalog Publication Support, The Yehoshua Rabinovich Foundation for the Arts, Tel Aviv
1990 Marie Fisher Prize for Painting, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem
1989 America-Israel Cultural Foundation Prize, Sharett Scholarship for Young Israeli Artists
1988 Award for Academic Excellence, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem
Selected Collections
The Collection of the Israel Museum
The Collection of the The Mark Rothko Art Centre, Daugavpils, Latvia
The Collection of the Museum of Art, Ein Harod
The Phoenix's Israeli Art Collection
The Schocken Art Collection
The Comme il Faut Art Collection
Private Collections
Publications & Writings
2020 Five Legs Artist Book,/ Graphic Novella
2015 dBook, Artist Book, Drawings 2013-2014
2012-13 Follow-Ups [a series of interviews with artists and curators] Erev Rav // Online Arts Magazine
2005 Passage Installations Project Cat. [writer and editor], The Art Gallery at Tmuna Theatre, Tel Aviv
2003 Collaborators Merav Shinn Ben-Alon and Ram Samocha, the Museum of Art, Ein Harod
2001 Helicon, Journal of Contemporary Poetry, Private Territory issue, Stitches Series
Curatorial Projects
2011 Given, curator-artist with Galia Gur Zeev] // Curators & Co., Petach Tikva Museum of Art (Cat.)
2009 Story [group exhibition], P8 Gallery, Jaffa
2003-6 Passage Installations Project, Curator of the Art Gallery at Tmuna Theatre, Tel Aviv (Cat.)
2003 Collaborators [with Ram Samocha], The Museum of Art, Ein Harod (Cat.)
